A. F. M. Ahsanuddin Chowdhury

Chowdhury was born on 1 July 1915 in Gouripur, Mymensingh District, Bengal Presidency (now Bangladesh). He attended the University of Dhaka.

Career

He joined the Bengal Civil Service in 1942, and subsequently served as a regional district judge. He was appointed Justice of the Dhaka High Court on 17 December 1968 by the then President of Pakistan, Field Marshal Ayub Khan, and later a Justice of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on 30 January 1974. He retired from service on 1 July 1977 after President Ziaur Rahman reduced the retirement age of judges from 65 to 62.

Following a military coup d'état in March 1982, the army chief of staff Hossain Mohammad Ershad assumed power as the chief martial law administrator, and Chowdhury was made the President of Bangladesh on 27 March 1982, a position which he held till 10 December 1983. Ershad then dismissed Chowdhury and assumed the presidency for himself.

Chowdhury was the chairman of Bangladesh Scouts, chairman of the management board and trustee board of Dhaka Child Hospital, chairman of National Foundation of Mental Health, chairman of the managing committee of Dhaka Law College, chairman of Anjuman Mufidul Islam, and chairman of Dhaka High Court mazar committee.

Death

Chowdhury died on 30 August 2001 in Dhaka, Bangladesh.